Tag: Jedediah Smith

A clash of the titans: Mountain men vs. grizzly bears

A clash of the titans: Mountain men vs. grizzly bears

Long ago, before the railroads united this country; before the great wagon trains brought settlers and commerce to the new lands; and before the Indian Wars, outlaws, or cowboys; there existed a group of men who went forth alone to challenge the wilderness of the untamed West. They brought with them little more than their

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The mountain men who shaped hunting as we know it

Much is said about the pioneers of the world. The ones who came first, the originals, the old-schoolers. The men and women of the past who have become legends of our culture. They were the ones who made the discoveries, who broke the barriers and led us into the future. From the seafaring Vikings of

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